TIME has published a list of the 100 most influential people in healthcare

TIME magazine has released its first TIME100 Health list, which includes the 100 most influential people in health care.

To compile this list, TIME reporters and editors spent months consulting with sources and experts around the world to select the 100 people making the most impact in the world of health today. The result is TIME100 Health — a community of leaders from across disciplines, including scientists, doctors, advocates, educators, and policymakers, dedicated to creating measurable, credible change for the health of the world.

You can see the full 2024 TIME100 Health list at time.com/time100health and the TIME100 Health cover, illustrated by Peter Greenwood for TIME, at https://bit.ly/3Uojcso.

TIME Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs writes in a letter to readers: “Together, the individuals on the TIME100 Health list remind us that much is going right, and their work is inspiring enough to believe that the world of health is in a golden age of achievement and transformation… Health innovations, like this list, reflect humanity at its best: people using their resources and ingenuity to help each other live better… Whether you’re familiar with the individuals on this list or reading about them for the first time, their work is changing the lives of people in your community and around the world.”

Notable names on the 2024 TIME100 Health list include CEOs, founders, and co-founders: Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen of Novo Nordisk, Albert Bourla of Pfizer, Alex Oshmyansky of Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug, Dave Ricks of Eli Lilly, Dima Gazda of Esper Bionics, and more. The list also includes women in key positions, such as NAAFA executive director Tigress Osborne, chemist Svetlana Moysov, vice president of health at Apple Sumbul Desai, and more.

The youngest member of the list is 28-year-old Dale Whelean, CEO of Four Day Week Global, and at the other end of the spectrum is 99-year-old Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, known for his long-standing battle with Guinea worm disease.

The list also includes creative individuals and entertainment performers such as actors Michael J. Fox, Halle Berry and Olivia Munn, as well as scientists, doctors and researchers focused on health innovation.

The 2024 TIME100 Health list recognizes scientists, physicians, and researchers focused on health innovation. They include:

• Thomas Pauwels is a cancer researcher.
• Jenna Forsyth is a scientific researcher.
• Amy Kirby is the chief scientist for the National Wastewater Surveillance System.
• GLP-1 discoverers:
  • Dan Drucker
  • Joel Habener
  • Svetlana Moysov
  • Jens Juul Holst
• Jocelyne Bloch is a neurosurgeon.
• Grégoire Courtin is a neuroscientist.
• Bashar Murad is the executive director of the Palestine Red Crescent.
• Hadiza Shehu Galadanci is a professor and researcher.

These individuals stand out for their contributions to the development of new methods of diagnosing, treating and monitoring diseases, making them important figures in the field of global health.

The 2024 TIME100 Health list also includes politicians and government officials who play a key role in shaping health policy:

• Emmanuel Macron, President of France.
• Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
• Michael Regan, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
• Mike DeWine, Governor of Ohio.
• John Fetterman, Senator from Pennsylvania.
• Vivek Murthy, US Surgeon General.
• Chiquita Brooks-LaShour, Administrator of the Centers for Health and Medical Services (CMS).
• Brenda Weining, Head of Global Medicines Facilitation.

These leaders make significant contributions to the development and implementation of policies aimed at improving health care at the national and international levels.